Jamie Lee Curtis

The daughter of film stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis launched her film career as a "scream queen." After a nondescript supporting role on the TV series Operation Petticoat, Curtis rose to cult stardom playing the straight-laced teenage babysitter imperiled by an unknown slasher in Halloween (1978). Upon appearing in the film's sequel and in such spookers as The Fog (1979) and Prom Night (1980), she seemed in danger of being limited to blood-splattered horror films. But Curtis wasn't about to be typed this early in the game: with a meaty secondary role as a prostitute -- featuring several well-publicized nude scenes -- in the big-budget comedy Trading Places (1983), she made the transition from imperiled teen type to knowing adult with nary a hitch. Curtis didn't exactly have a string of box-office smashes after Trading Places, but she was always worth watching even when the films weren't. And when the good parts did come along, notably her roles in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and My Girl (1991), she proved she was an actress of range and stature and not just another "movie star's kid." Taking a potentially humiliating role as the unknowing wife of a secret agent in the megabucks Arnold Schwarzenegger adventure True Lies (1994), Curtis delivered a sparkling performance, emerging as the only truly likable character in a loud and misogynistic melodrama. In 1997, she was reunited with the cast of A Fish Called Wanda (Kevin Kline, John Cleese, and Michael Palin) for Fierce Creatures, another comedy farce in the same vein as Wanda. Unfortunately, the film was largely disappointing; but, the following year, Curtis rebounded with a return to familiar territory in Halloween: H2O. The slasher flick, although less than a critical favorite, proved to be popular with audiences. In 1999, Curtis again ventured into the big-budget realm with the action thriller Virus, and had a supporting role in Daddy and Them, Billy Bob Thornton's sophomore writing/directorial effort. She could then be seen in Drowning Mona, a black comedy in which she played a waitress caught up in an affair with the husband of her town's most infamous dead woman.The 2000s have brought Curtis several interesting opportunities, including a live performance at Paul McCartney's benefit for the controversial animal rights organization PETA in 2000, and a no-holds-barred photo shoot with More magazine in 2002 -- the then 44-year-old actress wanted to emphasize that even high-profile celebrities look "normal" without the help of a team of makeup artists and digital alterations. In 2001, Curtis starred alongside Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush and James Bond front man Pierce Brosnan in the espionage thriller The Tailor of Panama, and returned for a cameo appearance in Halloween: Resurrection, which supposedly marked her final role in the Halloween franchise. Curtis would return to more family-oriented pictures in 2003's spirited Freaky Friday with Lindsay Lohan, which featured the forty-something actress playing a punky teen whose spirit had magically been transferred to her mother's body; the success of that film led to the curdled comedy of the critically drubbed Christmas With the Kranks. She acted in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and You Again, but became better known in later years as a spokeswoman for Activia yogurt.Married to actor Christopher Guest since 1984, Curtis became a Baroness, Lady Haden-Guest, when her husband inherited the Barony in 1996.

Okay, John. I know that you get your smart mouth from my side of the family, so I'll cut you a break.

Norma Watson

Oh. Miss Tate. I didn't mean to make you jump. It's Halloween. I guess everyone's entitled to one good scare.

Laurie Strode

I've had my share.

Laurie Strode

My brother killed my sister.

Will Brennan

How did he do that?

Laurie Strode

With a really big...sharp...kitchen knife.

Laurie Strode

With a really big, sharp, kitchen knife.

Will Brennan

And the girl that-- What happened to the sister? She died, right?

Will Brennan

And the girl that... What happened to the sister? She died, right?

Laurie Strode

No, she faked her death. And now she's the headmistress...of a very posh, secluded private school in northern California...

Laurie Strode

No, she faked her death. And now she's the headmistress of a very posh, secluded private school in northern California...

Will Brennan

What?

Laurie Strode

Hoping and praying every year...that her brother won't find her.

Laurie Strode

Hoping and praying every year that her brother won't find her.

Will Brennan

You're telling' me the truth?

Laurie Strode

Now do you want a drink?

Will Brennan

(thinks for a few seconds; in shock) - ...yeah!

Will Brennan

(thinks for a few seconds; in shock) - Yeah!

Will Brennan

What should I do?

Laurie Strode

Try to live.

Laurie Strode

How about you? Are you tired of my bullsh*t?

Will Brennan

I'm a counselor; I'm attracted to it.

Laurie Strode

So counsel me.

Will Brennan

Oh, no. I know better. I love you just the way you are.

Laurie Strode

(to Michael Myers; before falling to her death) - I'll see you in hell.

Laurie Strode

(to Michael Myers; before falling to her death) I'll see you in hell.

Laurie Strode

Are you afraid of me, Michael?

Laurie Strode

(to Michael Myers) - I knew you'd come for me sooner or later. What took you so long?

Laurie Strode

(to Michael Myers) I knew you'd come for me sooner or later. What took you so long?

Laurie Strode

You failed, Michael. Want to know why? ...Because I'm not afraid of you...But what about you? Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid to die, Michael?

Laurie Strode

You failed, Michael. Want to know why? Because I'm not afraid of you. But what about you? Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid to die, Michael?

Sam Loomis

I'm sorry I left you. Are you all right?

Laurie Strode

Why won't he die?

Jimmy

They should have handled him more carefully.

Laurie Strode

Who?

Jimmy

Michael Myers.

Laurie Strode

Michael Myers?

Jimmy

Yeah, he was the one that was after you.

Laurie Strode

From the Myers house...That little kid that killed his sister?

Laurie Strode

From the Myers house. That little kid that killed his sister?

Jimmy

Yeah.

Laurie Strode

But he's in the hospital somewhere.

Jimmy

He escaped last night.

Laurie Strode

Don't let them put me to sleep.

Laurie

(to Tommy Doyle and Lindsey) - Now just listen to me. I want you to go down the stairs...and out the front door. And I want you to go down the street to the Mackenzies' house...I want you to tell them to call the police. And tell them to send them over here...Now, do you understand me?

Laurie

(to Tommy Doyle and Lindsey) Now just listen to me. I want you to go down the stairs, and out the front door. And I want you to go down the street to the Mackenzies' house. I want you to tell them to call the police. And tell them to send them over here. Now, do you understand me?

Tommy

There is the boogeyman! He is outside! Look, there is the boogeyman outside!

Laurie

What's wrong?

Tommy

I saw the boogeyman! I know that -

Tommy

I saw the boogeyman! I know that.

Laurie

Oh Tommy, stop it! ...You're scaring Lindsey.

Laurie

Oh Tommy, stop it! You're scaring Lindsey.

Tommy

Richie said he was coming after me tonight.

Laurie

Do you believe everything that Richie tells you?

Tommy

No.

Laurie

Tommy, Halloween night...it's when people play tricks on each other...It's all make believe. I think Richie was just trying to scare you.

Laurie

Tommy, Halloween night, it's when people play tricks on each other. It's all make believe. I think Richie was just trying to scare you.

So who cares? I always forget my chemistry book and my math book, and my English book, and my, let's see, my French book, and - well who needs books anyway, I don't need books, I always forget all my books, I mean, it doesn't really matter if you have your books or not...hey isn't that Devon Graham?

Lynda

So who cares? I always forget my chemistry book and my math book, and my English book, and my, let's see, my French book, and well who needs books anyway, I don't need books, I always forget all my books, I mean, it doesn't really matter if you have your books or not. Hey isn't that Devon Graham?

Lindsay

I'm scared!

Laurie

There's nothing to be scared of.

Tommy

Are you sure? ...How?

Tommy

Are you sure? How?

Laurie

I killed him...

Laurie

I killed him.

Tommy

But you can't kill the boogeyman!

Laurie

I have to drop off the key.

Tommy

Why?

Laurie

Because he's gonna sell a house.

Laurie

Because that's his job.

Tommy

Where?

Laurie

The Myers house.

Tommy

The Myers house! You're not supposed to go up there?

Laurie

Yes, I am.

Tommy

That's a spook house.

Kim

You seem a little anxious, Wendy. By the way, who are going with tonight?

Wendy

It's not who you go with, honey. It's who takes you home.

Alex

(Kim sprays him with perfume) - Don't do that, I smell like the inside of the ladies' room.

Alex

(Kim sprays him with perfume) Don't do that, I smell like the inside of the ladies' room.

Kim

And how would you know what the ladies room smells like?

Kim

(to Nick; about outdoing Wendy in a dancing showoff) - Let's show her what we can do!

Kim

(to Nick; about outdoing Wendy in a dancing showoff) Let's show her what we can do!

Ryan

You know what, I'm not really a prying kind of guy, but just for the heck of it, I was wondering what you were doing on the eve of our wedding straddling some guy on the back of a big black Harley?

Tess Coleman

Hello, it was a Ducati!

Anna Coleman

We'd like to speak to you about something that we think happened to us at your restaurant.

Tess Coleman

Yeah, something that SUCKS.

Tess Coleman

Yeah, something that sucks.

Tess Coleman

I can't marry Ryan. Eww.

Doc Manley

Now I promised these dorks I was gonna come up with something truly special.

(talking about Kenny Hampson) - It wasn't just a prank. Doc, he was sick. I went to the hospital just afterwards. They wouldn't let me see him. They said he'd killed somebody before. And they said it might have been an accident, but he killed somebody.

Alana

(talking about Kenny Hampson) It wasn't just a prank. Doc, he was sick. I went to the hospital just afterwards. They wouldn't let me see him. They said he'd killed somebody before. And they said it might have been an accident, but he killed somebody.

Alana

I didn't know you liked magic. You are so much better than him. (Referring to the magician)